Maohang Qiu received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Southwest Jiao Tong University, China, in 2013, and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from ZheJiang University, China, in 2017. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree with University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, USA. From 2013 to 2017, he worked on bidirectional AC-DC converter and drop-control based parallel inverter. His research interests include the switched-capacitor resonant converter and series inverter.  

Xiaoyan Liu received his B.E. degree in electrical engineering and automation from Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, in 2018, and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from New York University, Brooklyn, NY, USA in 2020. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at University of Dayton, OH, USA. 

His research interest includes soft switching, wireless power transfer and motor drive design.

Kevin Hobbs received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas in 2021, and is pursuing an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton. His research interests include controller design and motor drive inverter health diagnostics and prognostics using FPGA-based digital twin machine learning.

Ahmed Dahneem received a B.S. degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology from the University of Dayton in 2016, and is pursuing an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton. His research interest in motor drive design.

Haoran Meng is in 3+2 program between Shanghai Normal University and University of Dayton. He will receive his M.S degree in Electronic and Communication Engineering from Shanghai Normal University  in 2022. And he is pursuing  M.S degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Dayton.

Zhongshu Sun is currently pursuing the B.E. degree in electronic information engineering at Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China, and M.Sc degree in electrical and computer engineering at University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, USA.

In 2020, Nidhi Pandya obtained a diploma from Parul University. After completing high school, I enrolled in Parul University in Gujarat, India, where I will receive my electrical engineering diploma in 2020. In 2019, I released a research paper on V2G technology in IRJET. In 2020 and 2021, She  finished two internships in electrical engineering. She is now working on a B.E in electrical engineering at the University of Dayton in Ohio, USA. Power electronics, digital power electronics, and power stations are among his research interests. For electrical vehicles, see electrical vehicle and aerospace.

James is currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Aerospace. He plans on furthering my education with a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering as well. My passion lies in research and working with my hands in automotive and mechanical applications.

First Employment: Texas Instrument

Mengxuan Wei (S'18) received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering and automation from Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, in 2015, and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from State University of New York (SUNY) University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA, in 2017.  She get Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at University of Dayton, OH, USA in Dec 2023. 

She is working at Texas Instrument as a system engineer now. Her research interests include multilevel modular dc-dc converter application, high-power density high-efficiency dc–dc converter application and wide bandgap devices application.

First Employment: Air Force

Joshua Szymanski received a B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The Ohio State University in 2021 and is pursuing a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton. His research interests include utilizing efficient converter design to improve the power efficiency of jets and planes.

Shuai Yang received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering and automation from Hunan University of Science and Technology, HN, China, in 2017, and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN, USA, in 2019. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at University of Dayton, OH, USA

His research interests include switched-capacitor converter, modeling and control of power electronics, wide-bandgap device application, and renewable energy integration.  

First Employment: Monolithic Power Systems  Inc, Interned at Oak Ridge National Lab

Ze Ni received his B.S. degree from Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2010 and M.S. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China, in 2013, both in Electrical Engineering. Since Jan. 2016, he has been a Ph.D. student in North Dakota State University. He worked on 10kV Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) at CYG Sunri CO., Limited, Shenzhen from 2013 to 2015 before his Ph.D. study.

His research interests include wide-bandgap device reliability and applications, power converter lifetime modeling and control, switched-capacitor resonant converter and multilevel converter.

Brett Butler is perusing a degree at NDSU in electrical engineering with an estimated graduation of Dec 2018. After graduation, he plans to work toward a master of science degree in electrical engineering at NDSU with an estimated graduation of Dec 2019.

His areas of focus include power electronics, drive systems, and three phase power inverters. Currently working at John Deere as a part time student, he plans to focus efforts on vehicle electrification and efficiency.

Now: Google

First Employment: AZ Power

Yanchao Li received his B.S. degree from Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu China, in 2008 and the M.S. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering, Brooklyn, USA, in 2012. He once worked in Philips Lighting North America Corporation as a design engineer intern. His research interests include Modular Multilevel Converter, High Power Density Converter, Wide Bandgap Device Application and LED Driver.

He received his B.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering (Power) from Juba University (Currently Bahri University), Sudan, in 2006 and the M.Sc degree from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, in 2010. He is currently pursuing MEng in NDSU.

His research interests include Converters design and Power Electronics.

First Employment: Power Electronics Engineer at 3M

I am currently an undergraduate student at NDSU pursuing my Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with a minor in business administration. I am enrolled in NDSU's accelerated Master's program and after I complete my Bachelor's degree in the Fall of 2016, I will continue on to complete my Master's degree. I am interested in power electronics for solar power and vehicle electrification applications. I am currently a part-time student at John Deere Electronic Solutions in Fargo, ND working in the power electronics lab.

First Employment: Power Electronics Engineer Ford Motor Company

Boris Curuvija came originally from Serbia. He graduated with Associate Degree in Automotive Technology NDSCS 2011. He also graduated with Bachelor of Science in EE NDSU spring 2015. Currently Pursuing Masters in EE Power Electronics at NDSU under supervision of Dr. Cao. I have over 17 years of experience in the automotive field and my interest revolves around power electronics and vehicle electrification. I have a part time student position at John Deere Electronic Solutins here in Fargo ND.

Now: Assistant Professor at Zhejiang University

First Employment: Staff Engineer at Navitas Semiconductor; Interned at John Deere

Xiaofeng Lyu received his B.S. degree in 2010 from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou China, in 2013. He once worked at General Electric as an intern in Oil & Gas and worked at Joulwatt in Hangzhou as a system engineer before his Ph.D. degree. His research interests include high-power-density inverter, intelligent gate driver, multilevel converters and wide bandgap device for EV/HEV application, HID lamp, LED driver.

Power Electronics, DC-DC Converter, Renewable Energy, Multilevel Converters 

Diogo was born in Caxambu - MG , Brazil in 1992. He is an undergraduate student in Electrical Engineering with focus on Power Systems from Universidade Federal de Itajuba - MG, Brazil and He is currently a participant in the Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program at the North Dakota State University. During 2011 to 2014 He worked on an Academic Project of technological competition, which designs and develops car prototypes moved by alternative supplies. 

Ngoc Dung Nguyen is from Vietnam. He received his B.S. degree in 2015 from North Dakota State University in Electrical Engineering. He enrolled in the Master Program of Electrical Engineering in North Dakota State University under supervison of Dr. Cao. His research interests are, but not limited to, Power Electronics, Electric Drive, and programming. 

Haolin Zhou is from Guangdong Province, China. Before he switched to major of Electrical Engineering in Spring 2015, he studied ME in Changchun University of Science and Technology and NDSU. He is currently pursuing bachelor degree at NDSU, focusing on Power Electronics direction. 

Na Ren received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Wuhan University, China, in 2010. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in power electronics from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, and will graduate in March, 2016. Since June 2015, she has been a visiting scholar in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University. Her research is focused on design, modeling, fabrication and characterization of SiC JBS diodes, novel PBR diodes, JFET and MOSFET devices for high-voltage applications. 

Changxin Miao （Jul 2016 ~ Jul 2017)  

My name is Randolph Cole Peterson. I was born in Dickinson, ND. I am currently a senior at Rolla High School. Through the North Dakota Governor's School, I began researching renewable energy in the form of solar panels with the assistance of Dr. Cao .

My name is Brianna Dory Maddock. I was born in Bryan, TX, but my family moved to North Dakota in 2007. I attend Kindred High School. I will be starting my junior year this fall. I am currently completing research to find the maximum output of a solar panel throughout the year. I find this particularly interesting because of the use of solar energy as a renewable resource. I have completed research about renewable resources in the past and am excited to extend my knowledge. 

Nature Students （Nurturing American Tribal Undergraduate Research and Education）

I am Ezereth Martin 16, I was born in Bismarck, ND. I currently live in Fort Yates, ND and have been living there all my life. And I am also taking GED classes at sitting bull college in Fort Yates, ND.

Nature Students （Nurturing American Tribal Undergraduate Research and Education）

My name is Dusan Red Tomahawk 18 and I was born in Wolf Point, Montana. I lived most of my life in Porcupine, North Dakota on the Standing Rock Reservation, but I've lived in places such as, North Carolina, West Virginia, and San Diego. I recently graduated from Selfridge Public High School at Selfridge, North Dakota and I came here with the Nature Camp. I'm interested in researching solar panels and understand on how they work. I'm excited to be doing my project on solar panels and how they work.